Radio Interviews

  • The Air Force's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance division supplies information through a mix of aircraft, satellite, computer technology and human analysis to help the Air Force stay at the top of its game. Members of the ISR, now the 25th Air Force, are at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference to tell the rest of the service more about themselves. Three of them joined anchor Emily Kopp on In Depth with Francis Rose -- Maj. Christina Sheets, Air Force foreign policy fellow; Technical Sgt. John Sims, imagery analyst; and Staff Sgt. Anthony Adams, special equipment operator. View a photo gallery and all of our coverage from the AFA Air and Space Conference.

    September 14, 2015
  • A 2010 piece of legislation requires federal agencies to measure progress on priority goals with five distinct categories when they report to Congress and the public. But agencies don't always follow those standards. That's according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Chris Mihm, managing director for strategic issues at GAO, discussed the report on In Depth with Francis Rose.

    September 14, 2015
  • Tomorrow at midnight the month of September will be half over. That means only 15 calendar days until government funding runs out. David Hawkings, the senior editor of CQ Roll Call, is watching how Congress is getting closer to doing a deal and getting farther away at the same time. He shared his insight on In Depth with Francis Rose.

    September 14, 2015
  • SPECIAL REBROADCAST: What is the mission of GSA’s FEDSIM? What are its strategic priorities? How does FEDSIM work with federal agencies? Join host Michael Keegan and he explores these questions and more with Chris Hamm, Director, Federal Systems Integration & Management Center (FEDSIM).

    September 14, 2015
  • The Air Force is the smallest and oldest it has ever been. Air Force leaders say it's "too small." But a plan to add troops soon looks more and more unlikely given that Congress hasn't passed a budget yet for the fiscal year that begins in October. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James joined Emily Kopp on In Depth with Francis Rose at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference to discuss the Air Force's financial concerns and much more.

    September 14, 2015
  • Lisa Sherwin Wulf of Solarwinds and Monica Mayk of Market Connections join host Mark Amtower to discuss B2G content marketing and how to develop a subject matter profile. September 14, 2015

    September 13, 2015
  • Chris Wood, executive director of LGBT Tech, talks about a program to provide cell phones to young people who are both LGBT and homeless..

    September 12, 2015
  • Congress has its eye on the G-Fund again. Some members want to change the way the rate of return is figured. One version of the federal budget in the House estimates savings up to $32 billion to fund other programs. But, members of the Employee Thrift Advisory Council are warning those changes could cause people to get out of the TSP altogether. Jessica Klement, legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about the proposed legislation.

    September 11, 2015
  • A Freedom of Information Act request led to a lawsuit from a former fed at the Federal Trade Commission. Phil Reitinger is the former deputy under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Homeland Security Department. He's now the CEO of VisionSpear LLC and a senior associate in the Strategic Technologies Program .at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about his case and what he learned about the information he wanted and the FOIA process itself.

    September 11, 2015
  • Roger Baker, former CIO at Veterans Affairs, and Tim Young, principal at Deloitte Digital, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.

    September 11, 2015
  • Industry stakeholders told the Government Accountability Office they are concerned about global interoperability with the Next Generation Air Transportation Systems and how modernization efforts around the world have been hampered due to constrained resources.

    September 10, 2015
  • An FBI team is investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server during her time as Secretary of State. Could she have violated the Espionage Act? That got us thinking, it's a good time to review best practices for handling your email. Larry Younger is a Managing Partner at the law firm Tully Rinckey. He joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin in this week's Legal Loop to discuss what federal employees can, and should, take away from this case.

    September 10, 2015
  • If you've ever found the government's many acronyms and abbreviations confusing, you're probably not alone. Now there's an online resource library to help decode and remember those abbreviations. Govlish.com has already assembled 57,000 titles and it's still going. Bob Mander is the founder of Govlish.com. He tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about the site and why he started it.

    September 10, 2015
  • The Pentagon plans to replace most of its aging Humvee fleet with a new generation, dubbed the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. JLTV is designed to provide more protection against roadside bombs and mines than Humvees. DoD recently awarded a $6.7 billion contract to the Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Corporation. James Tinsley is the Managing Director at Avascent, which advised Oshkosh. He tells the Federal Drive with Tom Temin more on how the Army's contracting methodology might apply to other DoD platforms.

    September 10, 2015